Sustainability

We have been participating in Act Against AIDS (AAA), activities to raise awareness of AIDS, since 1993. In addition to the annual charity concerts held on December 1, World AIDS Day, we are also involved in lectures and the creation of brochures on AIDS prevention and support for NPOs involved in pediatric healthcare, particularly those overseas. Taking the changes in circumstances surrounding AIDS into consideration, we terminated this initiative on July 20, 2020.

Act Against AIDS "THE VARIETY" is a charity event held every year on World AIDS Day (December 1) since 1993 to raise awareness of the AIDS pandemic. It is an initiative designed to solve social issues from a wider perspective, which was initially launched by Goro Kishitani, who identified the need to address global issues such as AIDS, starvation and poverty. To communicate the passion of AAA, Amuse has updated the initiative, which will kick off at Nippon Budokan on December 1, 2020.

We established AMUSE Bokin (fundraising) in 2011, after the Great East Japan Earthquake. AMUSE Bokin has been making low-profile efforts to support the affected areas, responding to fans who wanted to donate money through Amuse. Meanwhile, artists have been donating the sales from live concerts, goods and CDs. We have raised funds to support the affected areas after the Great East Japan Earthquake, the Kumamoto Earthquake, the heavy rains in western Japan in July 2018 and Typhoon No. 19 in 2019.

We formulated Amuse Diversity Guidelines (Barrier-Free Edition), summarizing measures for creating barrier-free event venues. We also hold training sessions and workshops designed to deepen our understanding of people with disabilities and members of the LGBT community, by inviting them as speakers to create better services. We will continue to deliver the excitement of entertainment to more people.

We are sending employees to One Young World, an annual global summit for next-generation leaders and international exchange, to provide opportunities for those with a sense of responsibility for world issues and the ability to create ideas and actions. We hold internal report meetings after each summit for other employees to grow and increase their awareness.

Within a predetermined amount of money, our staff members are allowed to receive subsidies for the purchase of tickets for plays, movies and concerts in their private lives. The introduction of this subsidy system is based the wishes of our executives that our younger staff members expand their knowledge and cultivate their sensibilities by exposing themselves to as much entertainment as possible. By helping them to balance work and life and enrich their time, these subsidies are aimed at facilitating the development of creative human resources unique to Amuse.

Our staff members have interviews with their superiors for goal setting, evaluation, and feedback on a regular basis. In this way their improvement is supported. Leader Feedback allows staff members of a department to give feedback to their superior from their own perspectives, while TEAM AMUSE Feedback can communicate gratitude and suggestions for improvement to colleagues in other departments. The feedback helps staff members to realize more about each other.

We conduct training sessions by position (for managers, by length of service and for new employees) and department as well as seminars and study meetings on different subjects, such as SDGs, diversity, harassment and skill improvement, to cultivate human resources with a broader perspective and skills.

We have a system in place in which the working hours of all staff members are centrally managed and visualized. We encourage balanced workstyles through the establishment of two Go Home Early Days and one Refreshment Day (finish work duties in half a day) every month, among other initiatives.

Amuse subsidizes the expense of a day-care center, babysitter and nursing care service affiliated with the company. We also organize in-house seminars on basics of nursing care on a regular basis, inviting specialists to advise our employees. By helping staff members to balance work and childcare and/or nursing care, we are building an environment where our staff members in different stages of their lives can feel secure in working.